Crude stick lac which has been broken off of the twigs of the host trees is being dried before shipping to Bangkok. Chomtong [Chom tong], southwest corner of the Chiangmai Valley. Lac is red pigment from the resinous secretion of a variety of...

Construction of Badshahi Mosque began in 1671 and was completed in 1674 in the Mughal era. Hazuri Bagh is a garden built in 1813 on the east side of the Mosque. Hazuri Bagh Baradari built in 1818 is a pavilion to celebrate the captured diamonds.

Lopburi's best known landmark is Phra Prang Sam Yot,
the former Hindu Shrine located close to the railway station.
The laterite and sandstone structure was constructed in
the Lopburi style and decorated with stucco. The three
towers signify the...

Kinkaku-ji, officially named as Rokuon-ji, was constructed in Kyoto's northern hills in 1398 by Yoshimitsu, the third Ashikaga shogun (hereditary military dictator). The name Kinkaku-ji means the 'Temple of the Golden Pavilion'.